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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCM-03-07-94CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 7, 1994 7:00 P.M. CARMEL CITY HALL/ONE CIVIC SQUARE/COUNCIL CHAMBERS The regular meeting of the Carmel City Council was called to order by Mayor Ted Johnson. Members in attendance were Tom Kendall, Frank Fleming, Tim Story, Alan Potasnik, James Quinn and Luci Snyder. Council member Christopher Painchaud was absent. City Attorney Gordon Byers and Clerk-Treasurer Susan Jones was also in attendance. The invocation was given by Council Quinn followed by the pledge of allegiance. The Mayor issued proclamations in honor of Disabilities Awareness month and classroom teachers. Dwayne Akin, 10245 North Delaware, principal of Woodbrook Elementary School thanked the Mayor and Carmel firemen for their help this winter in clearing snow from the roof of the school. Claims were moved to another part of the meeting. CLAIMS: Councilor Fleming made a motion to approve the minutes MINUTES: of February 21, 1994. The motion was seconded by Councilor Kendall. All members voted aye. Motion carried. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS: Ordinance D-1046/DNR Tree Fund #501/$32,000: Councilor Potasnik made a motion to approve Ordinance D-1046. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. Mike Hollibaugh of DOCD explained the appropriation to the Council. Councilor Snyder called for the question. All members voted aye. Ordinance D-1046 passed unanimously. Ordinance D-1047/Local Roads and Streets Fund #202/$109,000: Councilor Kendall moved to approve Ordinance D-1047. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. Mayor Johnson stated this money would be used for engineering. Mayor Johnson called for the question. All members voted aye. Ordinance D-1047 passed unanimously. Ordinance D-1052/Motor Vehicle Highway Fund #201/$157,500: Councilor Snyder made a motion to approve Ordinance D-1052. The motion was seconded by Councilor Kendall. Mayor Johnson stated that $97,000 would be used to purchase trucks and $60,500 would be used for street and traffic equipment. Councilor Snyder called for the question. Councilor Quinn voted nay. All other Councilors voted aye. Ordinance D-1052 passed by a majority vote. Ordinance D-1053/Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund #203/$11,000: Councilor Kendall moved to approve Ordinance D-1053. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. Mayor Johnson stated this money would be used for engineering for additional parking at City Hall. Councilor Story called for the question. Councilor Kendall and Councilor Quinn voted nay. All other Councilors voted aye. Ordinance D-1053 passed by a majority vote. Ordinance D-1055/General Fund #101/$7,800: Councilor Snyder moved to approve this ordinance. The motion was seconded by Councilor Potasnik. Mayor Johnson stated this money would be used as a contribution to the Special Ball State University Project Fund. Mayor Johnson called for the question. Councilor Quinn voted nay. All others voted aye. Ordinance D-1056/General Fund #101/$300,000: Councilor Kendall made a motion to approve Ordinance D-1056. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. Mayor Johnson stated this appropriation was for 6 new firemen and was left over money from 1993. The Mayor also stated the fire study was not yet available but felt the firemen were needed. Councilor Potasnik was not in favor of the appropriation at this time. Councilor Potasnik said he would prefer to wait until the Council received the information from the study. Potasnik said this was not the right time for 6 new firemen and especially with current facilities. Councilor Potasnik passed out some charts and illustrations on population, runs, personnel and comparative trends. Councilor Kendall thought Councilor Potasnik brought up some interesting figures for the Council to consider but spoke in favor of the additional firemen. Kendall said that if the City were going to position itself as a city who can provide good services then advance planning was important. Councilor Quinn spoke in opposition to the appropriation and asked if the Council would consider bringing this back after everyone has had a chance to look at what Councilor Potasnik brought to the Council to consider. Quinn also said that Carmel needed to look at where it has been spending money over the past 10 years. Quinn said the POLIS report stated that Carmel was spending money outside of the core areas of what government should be spending their money on. Quinn stated he ran on a platform of planned growth and right now there was no study, he hadn't seen the data yet and this was a matter of timing. Councilor Story spoke in favor of the appropriation and suggested the Council read through the back-up of what the Chief produced and it clearly states the Chief says he has problems now and needs additional personnel. Councilor Snyder said she appreciated the work that had been done on this. Snyder felt that if the township were to build another fire station the City would be obligated to man that station and it will take at least a year for those firemen to be trained. Councilor Potasnik asked Chief Couts if these 6 men were not hired, would the health safety and welfare of the community be jeopardized? Chief Couts stated that the public safety could be enhanced and he couldn't say if it would jeopardized. Mayor Johnson called for the question. Councilor Potasnik and Councilor Quinn voted nay. All other Councilors voted aye. Ordinance D-1056 passed by a majority vote. After a brief FIRE & ZONING PROTECTION CONTRACT/ORDINANCE D-1042: report from the city attorney concerning these two matters, Councilor Kendall made a motion to postpone this item on the agenda until the next meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilor Story. All members voted aye. Motion carried. INTRODUCTION/FIRST READING/ORDINANCE D-1064/PUBLIC HEARING ON : Councilor Quinn moved to introduce Ordinance VACATION OF EASEMENT D-1064. The motion was seconded by Councilor Story. Councilor Kendall questioned the Monon Railroad Corridor rights but the petitioner waived any interest in the Monon Corridor. Mayor Johnson stated the land was done under a warrant deed and does not fall under the law suit filed in Noblesville. Ordinance D-1064 will receive a second reading at the March 21, 1994 Council meeting. INTRODUCTION/FIRST READING/ORDINANCE D-1058/PUBLIC HEARING/ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION/$165,000/CUMULATIVE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND #211/PURCHASE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR 116TH STREET Councilor Quinn moved to introduce EXPANSION ROAD PROJECT: Ordinance D-1058. The motion was seconded by Councilor Kendall. Councilor Snyder opened the meeting for a public hearing. Hearing no comments from the public, closed the public hearing. Ordinance D-1058 will receive a second reading at the March 21, 1994 Council meeting. READING OF AUDIT, RESULTS AND COMMENTS/STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTS Councilor Quinn read the REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1992: audit report of the Clerk-Treasurer for year ending December 31, 1992. Five audit comments were received, longevity enumeration overpayment, holiday pay for the Communication Center, self- insurance health plan and self insurance city bank account and bond coverage of the Clerk-Treasurer. Councilor Snyder made a motion to postpone HOLIDAY PAY ORDINANCE: this item until the next meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilor Kendall. All members voted aye. Councilor Kendall made a motion to add a claim in CLAIMS APPROVAL: the amount of $7,000 to Sandra K. Evans for a settlement on a law suit. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Councilor Kendall then made a motion to approve the claim for $7,000 to Sandra K. Evans and the following other claims: Claims dated 2/23/94 in the amount of $706,032.35 Claims dated 2/10/94 in the amount of $ 2,993.69 Claims dated 2/16/94 in the amount of $369,555.38 Claims dated 2/16/94 in the amount of $ 103.50 Claims dated 2/28/94 in the amount of $ 1,500.00 Councilor Quinn stated the additional claim to Sandra K. Evans should be approved contingent upon the City Attorney writing a letter stating the settlement and release would be made a part of the claim after the check had been presented to Ms. Evans. The motion to approve claims was seconded by Councilor Snyder. All members voted aye. Motion carried. ORDINANCE D-1063/PAYMENTS IN ADVANCE OF COUNCIL ALLOWANCE: Councilor Snyder made a motion to introduce Ordinance D-1063. The motion was seconded by Councilor Story. Councilor Story made a motion to amend Ordinance D-1063 to correct the code citing in the preamble and to include Section (d) of IC - 36-4-8-14 as part of the ordinance. The motion was seconded by Council Snyder. All members voted aye. Councilor Quinn asked the Clerk-Treasurer if this included travel advances. Clerk-Treasurer Jones stated it did not. These claims were actual bills for services already performed, payroll claims etc and this ordinance did not call for any advance payments. It simply allowed the clerk to pay certain bills, taxes and payroll without incurring interest or late charges. Councilor Story made a motion to suspend the rules and act on Ordinance D-1063 tonight. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. All members voted aye. Councilor Story called for the question. All members voted aye. Ordinance D-1063 passed unanimously. Councilor Story TRANSFER OF FUNDS/STREET AND POLICE DEPARTMENT: made a motion to adopt Resolution CC-3-7-94-1 calling for the transfer of $8000 from the electricity account in the street department to cover overtime. The motion was seconded by Councilor Kendall. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Councilor Story made a motion to adopt Resolution CC-3-7-94-2 calling for the transfer of $1,200 from the special investigation fees line item into classified ads in the Carmel Police Department budget. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. All members voted aye. Motion carried. REQUEST TO ADVERTISE FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION/$74,070/CARMEL Councilor Story made a motion to direct the POLICE DEPARTMENT: Clerk-Treasurer to advertise for an additional appropriation in the amount of $74,070. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. Councilor Story went on record and stated that he would look to remove these dollars from other non-essential health and safety personnel in the preparation of the 1995 budget. Councilor Story said he was not in favor of approving a budget that indicated a 3% increase and then approving $500,000 worth of additional appropriations. Councilor Potasnik voted nay. All other members voted aye. Motion carried by a majority vote. REQUEST TO ADVERTISE FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR 20% MATCHING Councilor Story FUNDS FOR PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY OVER KEYSTONE AVENUE: made a motion to add this item to the agenda and to direct the Clerk-Treasurer to advertise for an additional appropriation. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Councilor Snyder stated that CHANGE IN COUNCIL MEETING DATES: after taking a poll of Council members, four members wanted the meetings to remain on Monday night. There being no further action before the Council the meeting was duly adjourned. Councilor Quinn stated, for discussion purposes, that LONGEVITY: he did not agree with the premise of longevity and proposed a different system. Quinn suggested that the salary ordinance for 1995 be done prior to the start of the budget process and suggested the Mayor capture the maximum amount paid to an employee for longevity and increase the salary base accordingly and eliminate longevity totally. The Mayor stated he was almost ready to submit the salary ordinance to the Council for their consideration. Respectfully submitted, ______________________________________ Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer Approved, _______________________________________ Presiding Officer ATTEST: ___________________________________ Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer